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Journal of Management Template

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About the Journal of Management format

Journal of Management is a peer-reviewed journal published by SAGE, covering Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior, Innovation and Knowledge Management, Corporate Finance and Governance. Over its lifetime it has published 3,393 papers, which have received 699,075 citations.

PublisherSAGE
Reference styleAuthor–year (Harvard)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Journal of Management, 12(3), pp. 45–58.

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Publishes research inJob Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior Innovation and Knowledge Management Corporate Finance and Governance Management and Organizational Studies Gender Diversity and Inequality
ISSN0149-2063
Citation impact (2-yr)8.6
h-index399
i10-index2,609
Top institutions publishing hereTexas A&M University
Journal websitewww.sagepub.com
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Papers published in Journal of Management per year

108
2014
82
2015
95
2016
78
2017
80
2018
49
2019
78
2020
83
2021
102
2022
98
2023
108
2024
96
2025

Citation impact of Journal of Management by publication year

23.2K
2014
14.6K
2015
19.7K
2016
9.8K
2017
10.4K
2018
6K
2019
10.2K
2020
7.3K
2021
4.8K
2022
2.5K
2023
1.6K
2024
459
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in Journal of Management

Firm Resources and Sustained Competitive Advantage

Jay B. Barney · 1 Mar 1991

Understanding sources of sustained competitive advantage has become a major area of research in strategic management. Building on the assumptions that strategic resources are heterogeneously distributed acrossfirms and that these differences are stable over time, this article examines the link betweenfirm resources and sustained competitive advantage. Four empirical indicators of the potential of firm resources…

46,056 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Self-Reports in Organizational Research: Problems and Prospects

Philip M. Podsakoff, Dennis W. Organ · 1 Dec 1986

Self-reports figure prominently in organizational and management research, but there are several problems associated with their use. This article identifies six categories of self-reports and discusses such problems as common method variance, the consistency motif, and social desirability. Statistical and post hoc remedies and some procedural methods for dealing with artifactual bias are presented and…

17,007 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Social Exchange Theory: An Interdisciplinary Review

Russell Cropanzano, Marie S. Mitchell · 8 Nov 2005

Social exchange theory (SET) is one the most influential conceptual paradigms in organizational behavior. Despite its usefulness, theoretical ambiguities within SET remain. As a consequence, tests of the model, as well as its applications, tend to rely on an incompletely specified set of ideas. The authors address conceptual difficulties and highlight areas in need of…

9,613 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Signaling Theory: A Review and Assessment

Brian L. Connelly, S. Trevis Certo, R. Duane Ireland et al. · 20 Dec 2010

Signaling theory is useful for describing behavior when two parties (individuals or organizations) have access to different information. Typically, one party, the sender, must choose whether and how to communicate (or signal) that information, and the other party, the receiver, must choose how to interpret the signal. Accordingly, signaling theory holds a prominent position in…

6,219 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Job Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment as Predictors of Organizational Citizenship and In-Role Behaviors

Larry J. Williams, Stella E. Anderson · 1 Sep 1991

Previous organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) research (a) has not demonstrated that extra-role behaviors can be distinguished empirically from in-role activities, and (b) has not examined the relative contributions of components ofjob satisfaction a nd organizational commitment to the performance of OCBs. Factor analysis of survey data from 127 employees' supervisors supported the distinction between in-role…

6,193 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →

Journal of Management template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the Journal of Management format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the Journal of Management template. When you export, DocuGuru compiles the paper into the official SAGE format and hands you a submission-ready PDF along with the editable LaTeX source.
What reference style does Journal of Management use?
Journal of Management uses Author–year (Harvard) references, shown as author–year markers such as (Smith, 2023) in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Journal of Management, 12(3), pp. 45–58.
Do I need to know LaTeX to submit to Journal of Management?
No. DocuGuru generates the sagej LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a SAGE-ready Journal of Management document without writing any LaTeX. If you do want it, the LaTeX source is included in the export.
Can I import an existing draft into the Journal of Management template?
Yes. Paste or upload your current manuscript — Word, LaTeX, Markdown, or plain text — and DocuGuru reflows it into the Journal of Management format with correct headings, figures, tables, and author–year citations.
What is Journal of Management?
SAGE journal (sagej). It is a multidisciplinary journal, published by SAGE.
Can I export a submission-ready Journal of Management PDF?
Yes — DocuGuru produces a PDF built with the official Journal of Management template (the sagej class) that is ready to submit to SAGE, together with the matching LaTeX source files.
How much does the Journal of Management template cost?
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